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Archive for February, 2009

Thinking about home

Posted in ...everything else!, Home, Magic Cottage on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Various issues over the past few weeks have me very aware of the safety and security of my little home. They’ve made me reappraise the luxury of having my own space, to which no-one else is admitted.
I live in a totally secluded development of four new houses, hidden away behind a perfectly ordinary suburban street. [...]

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Feeling Mighty Fine

Posted in ...everything else!, Daaaance!, Garden, Happiness, Niceness, Writing on February 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Whether it’s packing up drink, cutting back on the pills, or the endorphin high of being back on the diet, or even none of the above, I’m feeling fucking marvellous. Part of it is having booked my holiday. Part of it is that I bought a new bikini today – pink, white and chocolate stripes [...]

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Pictures Perfection

Posted in ...everything else!, Garden, Happiness, Home, Magic Cottage, Niceness on February 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

… so I have all my portable art stacked round the walls at the Little House, waiting to be put up… and my landlord is coming round on Friday to do the job! Hurrah!
The walls look really bare and the house, while furnished and lovely, is completely unfinished in my mind till the pictures go [...]

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Waiting for Monday

Posted in Family, Feeling Blue, Home, Kids, Separation on February 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »

On Monday, I pick Mouse up at 17:25 from his nursery to spend the week with me, and I just can’t wait to see him.
I find that by the middle of the previous week I’ve washed and ironed all his clothes, changed his bed in readiness, done little things around the place to make his [...]

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Valentine Schmalentine

Posted in ...everything else!, Family, Food, Friends, Garden, Happiness, Home, Magic Cottage, Niceness, Reading, TV, Weather on February 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

S’all very well maundering on about troo lurve and all that stuff; I still think Valentines Day is one of the most cynical in the Hallmark calendar. And this isn’t even sour grapes on my part – I’ve had three cards so far, only one of which has been from my mother. This is a [...]

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Feeling Pretty Great, Actually

Posted in ...everything else!, Happiness, Training on February 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Went for a looong run on Sunday and I tell you, I had forgotten how amazing it makes me feel. Sure, it’s a drag – the first 500 or 600 metres hurt like a bastard and you get shin splints no matter how good you are at it. Your throat burns and your heart labours [...]

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